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Doo-hwan Chun Biography and Timeline

Follow Doo-hwan Chun through 5 dated historical records for South Korea.

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Doo-hwan Chun, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

5Distinct records

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1931–1988Years on this page

1931

Birth of Doo-hwan Chun

Politics / DJP

Birth of Doo-hwan Chun

1979

Coup

Government / Government of South Korea

Siezes power

1979

Assassination of Chung-Hee Park

Politics / DJP

In charge of military intelligence during Parks assassination

1981

President of South Korea

President of Korea · Government / Government of South Korea

Appointed President of South Korea

Role range: 1981-1988

1988

Retirement

President of Korea · Government / Government of South Korea

Chun retires into a Buddhist retreat

Role range: 1981-1988

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.